darkSpyro

Forum Wars is a fun, rule-based forum game, where you can create your own character, join up with other users to form armies, and fight battles for loot and glory! Any darkSpyro user can join and play the game as they please, and it only requires a few moments of your time.



Basics of character creation and playing the game: (Read this document first if you're thinking of playing the game)
https://docs.google.com/docume...dit?usp=sharing

The character sheet:
(To create a character, fill this form and send me the information with a PM.)
https://docs.google.com/docume...dit?usp=sharing

An example character sheet filled by the GM:
(if you have any further questions about character creation, feel free to ask me.)
https://docs.google.com/docume...dit?usp=sharing

Rules regarding weapon and armor types:
(You're not required to read this, but doing so will help you understand how the items work.)
https://docs.google.com/docume...dit?usp=sharing

List of all equipment and prices
(when buying and selling equipment, use this document. [I'll fill the rest out later, right now I just want to get this game started])
https://docs.google.com/docume...dit?usp=sharing

If you have any questions, I'm always at your disposal. You're also not in any sort of a hurry, as this game isn't going anywhere.

A list of current battlefields

• Swamplands
  
• Rocky Cliffs
  

Sure, I'll be adding them to the list along with the armies tomorrow, when I have more time.

Oh yeah. It's kind of a weapon of last resort for any caster, but you can do someone in if you're good with polearms.

Edit: Couldn't get much done today due to IRL stuff. I'll get on adding the characters to the list first thing tomorrow.

Unfortunately that doesn't seen to be the case currently. We could already play small battles with what little people we have, though. I also suspect that we'll get more with time.

Yeah, I've noticed the same. Among the characters there are a lot of casters. It doesn't really change the way the game is played though.

I was thinking that we're just about ready to have our first battle. I'll probably ask around tomorrow to see if people want to partake in it. I'm sure it would make things a lot clearer to see what the battle reports are actually like.

Sorry for the period of inactivity on my part. I was rather busy yesterday, and at the moment I'm a bit sick as well. I thought that we might as well kill two birds with one stone and just do the first tournament next Wednesday. That'll give me some time to get better, and maybe allow some users to make their characters in the mean time.

I'll still try to keep the character lists updated, but even if that didn't happen today, I've still got everything written up so I won't be forgetting stuff.

Quote: Camo22

Once Skyhunter's Renegade army shows up, I'll join that one.

He just submitted his character to me now, so once I add his army I will also put your character there.

Okay, I added/moved all the pending characters to their armies of choice, and that brings us to four armies in total! All at pretty much equal numbers too, so we're certainly going to have an interesting tournament.

A new rule was also added to the Basics-file. It states that: "For balancing reasons, armies aren’t allowed to outnumber opposing armies by more than 150% (rounded up) in tournament battles."

Oh, and even though some of you are already aware of the tournament happening, I'm still going to send a copy-paste PM about it to all army leaders. I will also be linking this topic, asking that they subscribe to it so that they know when stuff does happen.

Edit: I will also be adding the first fine equipment stats/images to the item list on the following weekend.

Okay, so far we have 10 characters ready.

- 3 from Communist Manifesthoes (max number of opponents with balance: 5).

- 1 from Renegades (max number of opponents with balance: 2).

- 5 from Army of Twilight town (max number of opponents with balance: 6).

- 1 from New SHIELD (max number of opponents with balance: 2).

I'll still leave you about 5-6 hours to try to get everyone in.
In this tournament every army fights once against every enemy army, so we will have 6 battles in total. In the end the winner will be the army with the most victories out of those 6 battles. If the tournament ends in a tie, new battles will be had to determine the winner.

When fighting smaller armies, the armies with more members will likely have to leave someone behind due to team balance rules. Work as a team to decide which characters stay out of the battle when necessary. If you can't do this in time, I will choose who stays out randomly in the beginning of each match.

Tournament starts in one hour!

• 3 from Communist Manifesthoes (max number of opponents with balance: 5)
  


• 2 from Renegades (max number of opponents with balance: 3)
  


• 5 from Army of Twilight Town (max number of opponents with balance: 6)
  


• 3 from New SHIELD (max number of opponents with balance: 5)
  

From this point on, participating in this tournament is no longer possible. I will start posting the Battle reports here as I finish them.

1. Renegades (2 participants) VS. Army of Twilight Town (3 participants)
   
- Battlefield #1


2. Communist Manifesthoes (3 participants) VS. New SHIELD (3 participants)
   
- Battlefield #2


3. Renegades (2 participants) VS. New SHIELD (3 participants)
   
- Battlefield #1


4. Army of Twilight Town (5 participants) VS. Communist Manifesthoes (3 participants)
   
- Battlefield #2


5. Communist Manifesthoes (3 participants) VS. Renegades (2 participants)
   
- Battlefield #1


6. New SHIELD (3 participants) VS. Army of Twilight Town (5 participants)
   
- Battlefield #2

Skyhunter begins the game in square (6,4). He moves forward to square (5,11).

EyeBrawler begins the game in square (7,4). He moves forward to square (6,11).







Skyhunter charges towards Kardonis and moves to square (4,17) with the intent of attacking him.
Before Skyhunter gets near him, Kardonis gets a free attack with his Crude Spear!
Kardonis misses the attack narrowly, his blow deflected by his foe’s shield!
Kardonis tries to lock Skyhunter with his Crude Spear, but Skyhunter manages to advance safely!
Skyhunter attacks Kardonis with his Crude Mace!
Skyhunter knocks Kardonis in the shoulder, causing 7 points of damage!


EyeBrawler charges towards Kardonis and moves to square (5,17) in order to attack him!
Before EyeBrawler gets near him, Kardonis gets a free attack with his Crude spear!
EyeBrawler manages to evade Kardonis’s attack!
Kardonis tries to lock Skyhunter with his Crude Spear!
EyeBrawler could not advance safely, Kardonis attacks him with his Crude Spear!
Kardonis’ attack connects with his foe luckily, causing 4 points of damage!
EyeBrawler reaches his target, and swings his Crude Mace at the enemy!
EyeBrawler deals a solid hit at his target, and causes 5 points of damage!






Skyhunter tries to strike Kardonis with his Crude Mace!
The attack connects with a force that swipes Kardonis from his feet! He is knocked down! The hit deals 7 points of damage!

EyeBrawler wrestles Kardonis, attempting to stop him from rising up in his turn! He attacks Kardonis with his Crude Mace!
Kardonis is knocked down, and fails to evade the attack! The hit causes 4 points of damage!







Skyhunter tries to bash Kardonis with his Crude Mace!
The hit connects, causing 6 points of damage!

EyeBrawler is still wrestling down Kardonis. He tries to hit him with his Crude Mace!
He hits Kardonis in the head savagely, dealing 7 points of damage!
Kardonis is killed, and his soul returns to be resurrected for later battles!







Skyhunter advances with the bloodlust in his eyes! He moves towards the enemy to square (11,24), but cannot move fast enough to attack this turn!

EyeBrawler moves advances towards the enemy carefully, moving behind a tree to square (11,19)







Skyhunter attempts to strike MagicFizz with his Crude Mace.
The attack connects with a force that swipes MagicFizz off his feet! He is knocked down! The hit deals 8 points of damage!






Skyhunter swings his mace at MagicFizz!
The attack hits MagicFizz in his ribs, which crack loudly from the impact. The hit causes 10 points of damage!






Skyhunter attempts to cast Tremors at square (13,24).
The spell succeeds! Both Seiki and MagicFizz are caught in the area of effect!
Seiki is knocked down by the effect of the spell!
MagicFizz is knocked down by the effect of the spell!







Skyhunter begins to wrestle Seiki, trying to stop him from rising up in his next turn! He strikes Seiki with his Crude Mace!
Seiki is knocked down, and fails to dodge the attack! The hit deals 10 points of damage!







Skyhunter swings his Crude Mace at MagicFizz!
The attack barely connects, but still causes 8 points of damage!

Skyhunter tries to bash Seiki with his Crude Mace!
His swing connects hard, dealing 7 points of damage!







Skyhunter attempts to bash Seiki with his Crude Mace!
The attack hits, causing 8 points of damage! Seiki slumps to the ground from the blow.
Seiki is killed, and his soul returns to be resurrected for later battles!










Skyhutner tries to strike MagicFizz with his Crude Mace!
He bashes MagicFizz in the head, deals 8 points of damage!
MagicFizz is killed, and his soul returns to be resurrected for later battles!




[GM notes: Right at the start I could see that this match was going to be very even. Two significantly stronger melee characters with no support, versus a tank, a damage-dealing caster, and a healer. I knew that if Kardonis went down Seiki and MagicFizz would be in big trouble (neither being very good at dealing damage in melee), so I did what I could to keep him alive while simultaneously trying my best to kill him on the Renegades’ side.
In the end the match came down to a grind, as the last few characters alive settled into exchanging blows with one another as well as they could. The Renegades had great rolls overall, with not a lot of misses (and of course they did a lot of damage with those melee stats) and even a couple of knockdowns with their maces! Army of Twilight Town failed at a few key spots, most notably in MagicFizz’s first attempt to heal Kardonis and some spell damage rolls. I feel like this game would’ve played out very differently had MagicFizz had a ranged weapon (or a better melee weapon) on him to deal damage with: something to keep in mind for the future.]

Quote: Bifrost

Do you add the descriptions or it's part of the randomizer? Because some of these descriptions put some users in a whole new light

I just add whatever seems funny and fitting to the battle. What, do you think Skyhunter's eyes really gleam with bloodlust?

Thanks guys! I haven't fought the following battles yet, but they do take a bit of time to finish, so I'll probably be posting them sometime during the rest of the week. I imagine that I could comfortable do two battles a day now that I'm off from school.